"Been here a while," he said by way of explanation. "Longer n' most I s'pose. But I dunno if anyone could ever get used t' a place like this."

He gave another shrug. The second question was a little bit more difficult to answer. It bordered between casual conversation and something a bit more probing, but if Gin was bothered by it, none of that showed in his fox-like smile.

"Saa... I jus' figure it wouldn' be much've a game if we never got anywhere. Somethin' has t'give eventually. What's your take on it Crawford-san?"